Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode, Zoe Clifford from the rendering team joins Martin and John from Search Relations to talk about how Google Search deals with JavaScript sites, how rendering works and what the mysterious "iteratorect" was. They also discuss what's the DOM, if all pages get rendered, how long it takes and what website owners should look out for when building JavaScript-driven websites.

Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr077-transcript
JavaScript SEO basics → https://goo.gle/3W0XnjB
Fixing search-related JavaScript issues → https://goo.gle/3S2bMdY
Google I/O 2019 presentation → https://goo.gle/4bCdZ6M

Watch more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt
Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

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Speaker: Martin Splitt, Zoe Clifford, John Mueller
Products Mentioned: Search Console - General